[libvirt] [PATCH] Detect bridge name collisions when defining a virtual network

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 06:39:54PM -0500, Cole Robinson wrote:
> The attached patch is a partial fix for rhbz 479622. If a virtual
> network is defined with an explicit bridge name, make sure it doesn't
> collide with other virtual network bridge names.

> +int virNetworkBridgeInUse(const virNetworkObjListPtr nets,
> +                          const char *bridge)
> +{
> +    unsigned int i;
> +
> +    for (i = 0 ; i < nets->count ; i++) {
> +        if (nets->objs[i]->def->bridge &&
> +            STREQ(nets->objs[i]->def->bridge, bridge))
> +            return 1;
> +    }
> +

This isn't thread-safe - you need to use  virNetworkObjLock/Unlock
around each access, and mandate that the network driver is locked
before calling this.


Daniel
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